Chapter 298
At that moment, kyaeng! kyaeng! sounds were heard from afar.
“…Jason!”
When she looked back, Jason and Nova, transformed into a giant wolf, were being pulled and dragged.
[I am darkness and chaos. Those who are imperfect beings, mixed with two or more existences, belong to me.]
“So, you’re trying to devour those guys?”
[Of course. With just one more, I’ll finally be able to set foot on this world with my own physical body. Just like you.]
“Unbelievable, just for that, you’re taking so many lives like this…”
[Just? No. You don’t understand. What it’s like to stay outside this cold world, repeating the punishment of a lifetime for tens, hundreds, thousands of years. How pathetic this state is, where all I can do is devour. How desperate this time is, when there’s no one who can see me, no one who can talk to me!]
“Desperate? I understand. What that feeling of being denied existence is like. I understand.”
[There’s no way you could…]
“But you’re sacrificing so many lives just for yourself. Your despair can’t be more important than the lives of people. You should have found another way.”
Roina drew on her golden energy and this time, she cleanly severed the tentacles. She gently caught Jason and Nova, who were falling from that momentum, with magic and pulled them to her side. Above the Golden Dragon’s island, five beings faced each other.
Ryuhyeon glared at Roina and said.
[You filthy human.]
That’s why you sacrifice humans, Roina thought, but she couldn’t say more. Because Ryuhyeon unleashed an attack.
Roina once again drew on her golden energy and deployed a barrier. This time, it was on a larger scale, including Jason and Nova. Even in the midst of all this, Lutan did nothing, and Ryuhyeon didn’t attack him either. He merely brushed off the occasional attacks that came his way as if flicking off dust.
“Keuh.”
Even without including Lutan, Roina groaned, struggling to keep up. At this rate, she wouldn’t be able to hold out for long again. Roina bit her lip.
“Roina…!”
Jason looked at Roina worriedly. He knew she was pushing herself too hard. Roina shook her head once to indicate she was okay and turned her gaze towards Lutan.
“Lutan, help me.”
“……”
Lutan just silently stared at her. Jason’s voice was heard saying, ‘That jerk, seriously!’, but he soon fell silent. He knew the situation was serious. Roina barely parted her lips again.
“Lutan…!”
“Why should I help?”
“Because you’re alive.”
“……”
“Live, even if it’s for my sake. I’ll be with you until the end.”
“……”
Lutan remained silent. At that moment, kugung! the attack of the tentacles intensified. The ground was also seen shaking. Roina looked at him earnestly, but with no reaction from him, she soon focused on defense again.
The barrier was now at its limit. She couldn’t spare any more time for Lutan. Jjeojeok, at the sight of cracks forming, Roina squeezed her eyes shut.
“Please…!”
Was this the end? What would happen if she died in the past? What about Jason, what about Lutan? Dozens and hundreds of thoughts flashed through her mind. Numerous scenes flashed through her head like a dying person’s memories.
The day she first met Lutan at the well, escaping from the crown prince, the memories in the magic tower, her friendship with Fides and Maili, the Quiess incident she resolved in Amasto territory, her meeting with Rager, who she thought was a Yeti, the things she experienced in Castrello, and the collapsed Lutan. That future Ryuhyeon had even tried to devour Lutan.
In the end, would this story end with Roina being devoured by Ryuhyeon?
It was at that moment when Roina despaired. Everything became silent. The attacks of the numerous tentacles that had been pounding on the barrier were no longer felt.
In the silent surroundings, Roina cautiously opened her tightly closed eyes. And her eyes widened.
“Lu…tan?”
“I have to repay this debt.”
A deeper and more resonant voice, golden scales surrounding them, the beautiful and flowing body of a dragon. It was Lutan, fully transformed into a Golden Dragon.
With an icy cold expression, he spread his massive wings, blocking the attacks aimed at them.
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